List: word usually written using kana alone
Words and expressions which are always written using hiragana or katakana.
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- black carp (Mylopharyngodon piceus)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- white cloud mountain minnow (Tanichthys albonubes), Canton danio
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- crestfish (Lophotus capellei), unicornfish
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Sarcocheilichthys biwaensis (species of cyprinid)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- escolar (Lepidocybium flavobrunneum), snake mackerel
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Ophidion asiro (species of cusk eel)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Niwaella delicata (species of loach)
gairaigo Chinese origin usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- Chinese high fin banded shark (Myxocyprinus asiaticus), Chinese sucker
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- fourspine sculpin (Cottus kazika)
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- kissing loach (Leptobotia curta)